1) Class Struggle

IM Ricardo De Guzman won the Class Struggle, held in Berkeley this past
weekend, with a 3 1/2 - 1/2 score. De Guzman, who had taken a half point
bye earlier in the event, won a tough last round game against NM Bela
Evans. NM Victor Baja was second at 3-1. MI member Felix Rudyak was among
those who tied for first Expert at 2 1/2.

2) Koltanowski Memorial

Filipino IM Ricardo DeGuzman won the Koltanowski Memorial with a 5 1/2-1/2
over Memorial Day weekend. The 95-player-event, organized and directed by
Tom Dorsch, attracted 95 players. A Labor Day event will be held at the
same Holiday Inn in San Francisco.

3) Mechanics' Institute Club Championship 1898

The Mechanics' Institute, San Francisco, chess tournament was finished in
November. Dr. Lovegrove and Mr. Chilton tied for first and second places ,
and will play a deciding game. The scores in full read:

On Friday, June 14, 2002 at Parker Elementary School, 7229 Ney Avenue in
Oakland there is an "Evening with Maurice" planned only for kids
who are members of the Windsor East Bay Chess Club. This will be a
private affair for the Club kids, sponsors, special guests, media
representatives, and representatives from the schools where my chess
classes are being held. Pizza will be served from 5:30 to 6:30 PM.
Following that, Maurice will talk to and play with the kids.. Of course
you are invited to Friday as well as Saturday.

This is not a camp for players that want to jump two rating classes in
five days. You won't learn how to win against the Sicilian every time
using the Grand Prix Attack. So why our camp and not others? At the MI
camp you will get a look inside a GM's laboratory and get a feel for how
they work on their game from the ground up. You will learn not only the
importance of analyzing your own games, but also how to do it properly.
You will learn to identify the critical points of the game and to
understand when and why things went wrong.

You will learn how to use ChessBase and Fritz efficiently as part of a
daily training program as well as utilizing resources on the Internet
such as TWIC and the Internet Chess Club. Today chess books are cranked
out at an incredible rate. Some of them are very good, many are quite bad.
We will help students learn to select that which is truly useful.

On the fun side our instructors have unique experience in international
competition. Expect to hear stories and anecdotes about what it's like
to play against Kasparov and defend first board in a Chess Olympiad.
Instructors: Grandmasters Alex Yermolinsky, International Masters
John Donaldson and Guillermo Rey, and MI Scholastic Director Anthony
Corrales.

Who: Open to all ages from 8 and up.
When : August 12-16, from 9am to 5pm
Where: 57 Post Street, 4th floor (Montgomery BART station)
Cost: $320 for Mechanics' members, $355 for junior (under 21) non-members,
$405 for adult non-members. All non-members will receive a one year
membership in the MI. There is a limit of 40 players for this camp.
If you can't attend the whole camp there is a drop in fee of $80 a day